Ophicleide
D'Alamaine and Co.
Category
Musical instruments, devices and recordings
Date
1825
Materials
Brass, Silver, Leather
Measurements
1080 mm (Length); 223 mm (Diameter)
Place of origin
Soho Square
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Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1335329
Summary
Ophicleide in B-flat, D'Almaine & Co, London, 1825. Marked 'D’ALMAINE & CO., 20 SOHO SQUARE, LONDON' on a silver plate. Eight of the nine keys missing. Leather strap. In notebook no.4, page 5 (1340945.4) Charles Wade refers to: 'Music Room 32. Brass Ophicleide by D'Almaine & Co. Soho with original wood case & ivory mouthpiece, early 19th Cent. '
Provenance
Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.
Makers and roles
D'Alamaine and Co.
References
Wade, 1944: Charles Paget Wade, Contents of Snowshill Manor. Volume 4 First and Second Floor, 1944, page 5